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Pete_89T2 · 05-06-2011, 11:56 AM

Hey guys, ran into an intermittent clutch problem on my way home from DGRR, which has repeated once since then. Every once in a while, when I depress the clutch pedal it fails to come back up when I let off it - just sits there on the floor. When this happens, sticking my toes under the pedal and pulling it back up, followed by a few pumps on the pedal gets it back to normal operations. There's no sign of leaking fluid anywhere near the clutch master or slave cylinders, ditto for the hydraulic line. As far as I know, the master & slave cylinder is original, 137K miles.

When I had a very similar problem with my FB, replacing just the slave cylinder fixed it, but that was with only like 40K miles on the clock. Question is, should I replace just the slave or both master & slave cylinders at this point? I'm leaning towards both given the miles/age. Thoughts?

05-06-2011, 11:56 AM	#1
Pete_89T2 Lifetime Rotorhead Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elkton, MD Posts: 874 Rep Power: 16	Clutch hydraulics question Hey guys, ran into an intermittent clutch problem on my way home from DGRR, which has repeated once since then. Every once in a while, when I depress the clutch pedal it fails to come back up when I let off it - just sits there on the floor. When this happens, sticking my toes under the pedal and pulling it back up, followed by a few pumps on the pedal gets it back to normal operations. There's no sign of leaking fluid anywhere near the clutch master or slave cylinders, ditto for the hydraulic line. As far as I know, the master & slave cylinder is original, 137K miles. When I had a very similar problem with my FB, replacing just the slave cylinder fixed it, but that was with only like 40K miles on the clock. Question is, should I replace just the slave or both master & slave cylinders at this point? I'm leaning towards both given the miles/age. Thoughts?